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12/14/2009 | A Ham Without a Country

The true story of a shanghaied ham and his radio rescue. Read More
12/11/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update

Finally! A sunspot appeared on Wednesday, December 9, giving us a daily sunspot number of 13, following 16 days of no sunspots. And on December 10, the sunspot number was 13. The new group is number 1034, and it is a Solar Cycle 24 spot, as all sunspots h Read More
12/10/2009 | Surfin': Do-It-Yourself Retro

This week, Surfin' visits a very unusual Web site featuring do-it-yourself projects with a nostalgic flavor. Read More
12/09/2009 | ARRL Licensing Study Guides Coming to an eBook Reader Near You

ARRL is pleased to announce that owners of Kindle -- an electronic book reader sold by Amazon.com -- can now download Read More
12/09/2009 | Major Computer Publication Devotes January 2010 Issue to Amateur Radio

Emergencies may get all the attention in the press, but lately, the technological side of Amateur Radio has been showing up a lot in places that are read by the people who make next year’s trends. Read More
12/09/2009 | New Section Manager Appointed in South Carolina

Marc Tarplee, N4UFP, of Rock Hill, has been appointed the new ARRL South Carolina Section Manager. He will complete the term of Jim Boehner, N2ZZ, who was elected ARRL Roanoke Division Vice Director last month. When Boehner announced that he was stepping Read More
12/09/2009 | FCC Dismisses Two Amateur Radio-Related Petitions

On Wednesday, December 9, the Federal Communications Commission dismissed two separate Petitions for Rulemaking: One filed by Murray Green, K3BEQ, concerning the operation of repeater stations in the Amateur Service, and one filed by Glen Zook, K9S Read More
12/08/2009 | US Ambassador William A. Wilson, K6ARO (SK)

William A. "Bill" Wilson, K6ARO, the first US Ambassador to the Holy See (the Vatican), passed away from cancer on the morning of Saturday, December 5. He was 95. First appointed as presidential envoy to Rome in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan, Read More
12/08/2009 | Amateur Radio Quiz: From One End to the Other

At the bottom of the solar cycle during the month of the winter solstice, there are two contests that span the limits of our MF/HF spectrum. The ARRL 160 Meter Contest ran last weekend and conditions were expected to be excellent. The other is the AR Read More
12/07/2009 | Scott Robbins, W4PA, to Purchase Vibroplex

Scott Robbins, W4PA, of Knoxville, Tennessee, told the ARRL that he has signed an agreement to purchase The Vibroplex Company, Inc from present owner Felton "Mitch" Mitchell, W4OA, effective December 21, 2009. "Vibroplex represents the grea Read More
12/04/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update

Recent sunspot activity -- which ended on November 22 -- pushed up the moving average we've been tracking for several years. Because we have all the data for November, we now have the most recent 3-month average of daily sunspot numbers, which centers on Read More
12/04/2009 | Surfin': Twitter, Facebook and Ham Radio

This week, Surfin' considers how Internet social networking connects with ham radio. Read More
12/03/2009 | ARRL CEO, General Counsel Present ARRL's Stance on BPL to FCC Commissioners

ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, and General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, made the rounds of the five FCC Commissioners' offices during November to acquaint them with the ARRL's position on the regulation of interference from Broadband over Read More
12/02/2009 | ARRL's Logbook of The World Reaches New Milestones

Since its inception on September 15, 2003, more than 30,000 hams have signed on to Logbook of The World (LoTW), ARRL's online logging program -- an increase of more than 7000 hams since 2008. These 30,000 hams have made upwards of 250 million QSOs -- more Read More
12/02/2009 | FCC Looks to Revise, Clarify Vanity Call Sign Rules

On Wednesday, November 25, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) -- WT Docket No. 09-209 -- seeking to amend the Commission's Amateur Radio Service rules to clarify certain rules and codify existing procedures governing the Read More
12/02/2009 | Nomination Deadline Closing Fast for ARRL International Humanitarian Award

The deadline to nominate an amateur or group of amateurs for the 2009 ARRL International Humanitarian Award is coming up fast -- December 31, 2009. This award is conferred upon an amateur or amateurs who demonstrate devotion to human welfare, peace and in Read More